Colubrid dealers?
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If your interested in garter snakes, try Thamnophis.com, and also faunaclassifieds. I will have some baby Thamnophis eques obscurus up before too long.
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I'd check the Classifieds at Kingsnake.com or Fauna Classifieds. There are a lot of dealers in Florida for the most part, that keep a wide variety of snakes, venomous and non-venomous, including DTS Herps, Underground Reptiles and Ben Siegel and Glades Herp. Exotic Pets in Nevada also has a large selection of Colubrids, as does Off the Ark Exotics in Virginia.
Are you looking for any particular kinds of Colubrids?
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Are you looking for any particular kinds of Colubrids?
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Before buying from anyone you should check them out thru Fauna classifieds "board of inquiry"
I'm very interested in milksnakes. I'm more interested in them than anything else. I just can't find any sites with more than 2 or 3 available.
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Which species of Milks are you interested in specifically? Easterns? Hondurans? Pueblans? You will find most of these in the Kingsnake.com Classifieds under "Milk Snakes"; there are so many breeders that they have their own classified section. That's your best bet, rather than going to sites that have multiple species, since they rarely have time to list everything they have for sale. There are plenty of breeders who specialize in various Milk Snakes, normals and morphs. You can find them here: http://market.kingsnake.com/index.php?cat=96 and also here: http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=504 . Just be aware that right now is not a good time to ship, with the temps in much of the country surpassing 100 degrees each day(we've hit 110, which was actual temperature, NOT with heat index). Even with a cool pack and overnight shipping you're taking a risk of the snake overheating. If you can make it to one of the shows in PA, you'd be better off, and there's always a pretty decent selection of Milks at the shows.
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I'm not sure what kind yet. But I'm going to a reptile show on the 29th. Out of curiosity, how large of a cage would I need for a full grown milk snake?
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Depends on the species, and the size it is when you buy it. If you get a baby of any species, it can live comfortably in a 10-gallon enclosure for quite awhile, and you don't want to put a baby in a large enclosure because they tend to not eat when you do that. If you get an adult, keep in mind that different species of Milks grow to different sizes. Most can live in a 20-gallon, since most average around 3-4 feet in length, but some, like the Black Milks and Andean Milks, can be really large for a Colubrid. I've seen 7-footers of both species, and the Black Milks are very heavy-bodied, so that they look like Indigo Snakes as adults. Another thing to keep in mind is that while most Milks aren't bitey, they ARE very active and "squirmy" snakes when held, and most don't really become as calm as say, Corns or Eastern Kings.
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